Английская Википедия:Aurora Australis (book)
Aurora Australis was the "first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic".[1]
Bibliographic details
Aurora Australis was written during the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition or the Nimrod Expedition (1908–09) led by Ernest Shackleton. Produced entirely by members of the expedition, the book was edited by Shackleton, illustrated with lithographs and etchings by George Marston, printed by Ernest Joyce and Frank Wild, and bound by Bernard Day. The production of Aurora Australis was one of the cultural activities Shackleton encouraged while the expedition team over-wintered at Cape Royds on Ross Island in the McMurdo Sound, to ensure that "the spectre known as 'polar ennui' never made its appearance".[2]
Because the copies of Aurora Australis were unnumbered, it is unclear exactly how many were produced; it is believed that one hundred copies were created, of which less than seventy have been accounted for.[3] Copies of the book are often identified by the original stencils on the inside of the covers, which were made of boards from wooden supply boxes.[4]Шаблон:Rp Shackleton may have originally intended to sell copies of the book on his return from the Antarctic, but instead they were all distributed among the members of the expedition and given to other "friends and benefactors of the expedition".[5]
Sections
The book is divided into 10 sections, each written by members of the crew. The sections are as follows.
- The Ascent of Mount Erubus Шаблон:Emdash T. W. Edgeworth David.
- Midwinter Night Шаблон:Emdash Nemo (E. H. Shackleton)
- Trials of a Messman Шаблон:Emdash A Messman
- A Pony Watch Шаблон:Emdash Putty (George Marston)
- Southward Bound Шаблон:Emdash Lapsus Linguæ
- An Interview with an Emperor Шаблон:Emdash A. F. M.
- Erubus Шаблон:Emdash Nemo (E. H. Shackleton)
- An Ancient Manuscript Шаблон:Emdash Shellback (Frank Willd)
- Life under Difficulties Шаблон:Emdash James Murray
- Bathybia Шаблон:Emdash Douglas Mawson
References
Further reading
- Шаблон:Cite journalШаблон:Cbignore
- Shackleton, E. (1986). Aurora Australis. Paradigm Press. Шаблон:ISBN
- Shacklteon, E. (1999). The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. Carroll & Graf. Шаблон:ISBN
- Freemantle, James (2019). An Albion in the Antarctic. St James Park Press
External links
Шаблон:Wikisource Шаблон:Commons category
- Scanned copy at Archive.org
- Article and image by The National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
- Article and cover image at the State Library of South Australia
- Aurora Australis online using the Turning the Pages software (requires Shockwave plugin)
- Aurora Australis scanned by eBooks@Adelaide and rendered into HTML
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ For example, the National Library of Australia's copy is known as 'Butter 267'. Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
